What is a Community of Neonatal Nursing Practice?
What is a CoNP? A working group of neonatal education and practice specialists who advocate for improved quality of care for small and sick newborns and their families including sharing of educational structures, definitions, standards, models of care, and lessons learned with health providers and institutions across Africa.
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Collective-action for maternal newborn health
Check out the maternal and newborn health-focused communities of practice (CoPs) below to share, debate and discuss knowledge, evidence, and experiences. Do you know of a CoP that we should include? Let us know.
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Membership: Open
For more information: https://www.alignmnh.org/community/communities-of-practice/
Contact: alignmnh@jhpiego.org
Care of the Small and Sick Newborn Community of Practice
The Care of the Small and Sick Newborn CoP (SSNB CoP) is an interactive platform that allows practitioners and experts to exchange ideas, share lessons learned, disseminate and discuss implementation research results and evidence in the area of newborn health.
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Membership: Open
To join the CoP on WHO’s IBP Xchange online engagement platform, visit our SSNP CoP page here or email us!
Global Nursing and Midwifery Global Community of Practice
The Nursing and Midwifery Global Community of Practice has been established by the Chief Nursing Office at the World Health Organization. It is a virtual community where nurses and midwives around the world can meet, share evidence and practice, discuss, inform and support one another in order to contribute to building sustainable health systems.
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Membership: Open
For more information: https://nursingandmidwiferyglobal.org/page/about-us
Contact: nursingandmidwifery@who.int
Healthy Newborn Network
The Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) is an online community dedicated to addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health. HNN provides a platform for organizations and professionals to share research, program experience, and thought leadership. The network also connects advocates around the world and provides a platform for discussions and interactions on a vast range of newborn and maternal health issues.
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Membership: Open
For more information: https://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/join-the-network/
Pan America Health Organization (PAHO)
Mission - To provide a virtual space for interaction and exchange of knowledge and experiences among nurses and other stakeholders in the Region of the Americas.
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Vision - To collaboratively strengthen systems and services for universal access to health and universal health coverage and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Values - Respect, ethics, participation, communication, collaboration.
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For more information: https://www.healthynewbornnetwork.org/join-the-network/